Research

Ethical research that respects your community.

Evaluation

Assess program impact with clear, actionable insights.

Strategy

Tailored frameworks to guide your decision-making.

Work-Integrated Learning

ABLE is a recognized leader in WIL research in Canada, with extensive experience studying program quality, learner pathways, employer engagement, and institutional systems. Our work supports institutions and partners to design educative, inclusive, and high-impact WIL experiences.

Program Evaluation & Government-Funded Research

We conduct formative and summative evaluations for provincially and federally funded initiatives, including projects funded by ESDC, Global Skills Opportunity (GSO), and sector councils. Our evaluations assess relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and long-term impact, with careful attention to logic models, outcomes, and equity commitments.

Equity is not an add-on to our work, it is embedded throughout our research design, methods, interpretation, and knowledge mobilization. We have led large-scale studies focused on removing barriers to participation, supporting underrepresented learners, and advancing just and inclusive educational systems.

Equity-Centred Research and Education

Areas of Expertise

Methodological Strengths

• Qualitative methods: interviews, focus groups, ethnography, document analysis

• Quantitative methods: surveys, secondary data analysis, jurisdictional scans

• Mixed-methods and design-based research

• Participatory and community-engaged approaches

• Program evaluation and business case development

Knowledge Mobilization & Impact

We prioritize usable knowledge. Our outputs include:

• Research reports and peer-reviewed publications

• Policy and practice briefs

• Toolkits, frameworks, and checklists

• Professional development resources

• Workshops, presentations, and consultations

Ethics & Equity

We follow TCPS 2 (2022) guidelines and, when appropriate, we integrate Indigenous-informed frameworks such as relational accountability to support ethical interpretation, respectful knowledge stewardship, and inclusive research practices

Responsible Use of Technology

Computational and AI-supported tools are used contextually and transparently, with human interpretation guiding all analytic decisions and final claims.

Our Research Approach

Our work is grounded in ethical, relational, and just research practices that attend to power, voice, accountability, and reciprocity throughout the research process.

Our goal is to ensure research findings are

accessible, actionable, and responsive

to clients, learners, practitioners, institutions, and policymakers.